By Christine Lavelle A COUPLE desperate to sell their one-bedroom flat before getting married have been forced to change their asking price to ‘offers UNDER £159,000’. Duncan Hall, 33, and Laura Jack, 30, did not receive a single inquiry about the Edinburgh property, after putting it on the market in the traditional offers over style. [...]
By Amanda MacMillan THE father of the former Scots Judo Champion who died suddenly while serving in the Army in England has said he “couldn’t have asked for a better daughter.” Ian Hart, 60, paid tribute to his daughter Corporal Stephanie Hart who died aged 29. Miss Hart, originally from Sighthill in Edinburgh, won a [...]
By Christine Lavelle SCOTLAND’S economy is to receive a major boost over the next two years after Spanish power giant Iberdrola announced it will be investing £2.7 billion in businesses here. Iberdola, owner of ScottishPower, has more than 1,800 suppliers in Scotland already, including Scottish Coal. Senor Ignacio Galan, chairman of Iberdrola, said: “In the [...]
By Cara Sulieman A 22-YEAR-OLD man has died in a crash after colliding with an oncoming car. Andrew McLean was the driving his Vauxhall Nova south on the A701 in the Borders when he collided with a Peugeot 307 that had been travelling in the other direction. Today his parents Michelle Denny and John McLean [...]
By Christine Lavelle AN NHS hospital near Edinburgh designed to provide care for elderly and mental health patients has officially opened its doors – six weeks ahead of schedule. Midlothian Community Hospital is fully operational today, providing 88 beds for frail and elderly people and for mental health sufferers. The two storey development, which cost [...]
By Cara Sulieman BROADCASTER Jon Snow is coming to Scotland as part of a series of lectures at a top Scots university. The Channel 4 news presenter will talk to his audience about the changing face of journalism. It is part of a programme of free talks run by the University of Edinburgh focusing on [...]
By Cara Sulieman ONE OF Scotland’s best-known whisky distilleries is on the move. The Glenmorangie Company is moving both its headquarters and bottling plant to new sites this month to “reinforce” the company. Tomorrow sees the employees at the headquarters moving into a new office space in the centre of Edinburgh. Previously based in Broxburn, [...]
By Zoe Keown ONE OF the first words that comes to mind when you think of the Scottish sporran is traditional. But as an EU ban on the sale of seal skin comes into play, the traditional make up of this Highland accessory is about to change, and it is feared that this unique part [...]
By Oliver Farrimond and Cara Sulieman SCOTLAND has seen 53 cases of child abduction in the last year, according to figures released today. Although the term abduction can cover a range of crimes, the cases include a 14-year-old schoolgirl who was forced into a car and sexually abused before being released by her captor. Strathclyde [...]
By Cara Sulieman OAPS living in care homes are given less money to spend than prisoners. Residents who get their essential living costs covered by the state are left with just £3.19 a day for personal items compared to the £3.86 a day inmates receive. The shocking revelation has been branded “ludicrous” by politicians who [...]
By Cara Sulieman THE NUMBER of parents having their children taken off them and put up for adoption has rocketed in the last three years. The number of cases where social services have stepped in and forced adoption have doubled in the past three years and a record number of kids have been taken into [...]
By Zoe Keown THE SNP has been slammed for forgetting what it stands for after leader Alex Salmond backed out of plans to put Scottish independence to a vote. Speaking of the party, Salmond’s former deputy Jim Sillars said: “They are extremely competent in handling their briefs but they’ve forgotten that they are supposed to [...]
By Cara Sulieman TOP ATHLETES may chose not to compete at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow because of UK tax rules. The tax man takes a cut of any sponsorship earned by non-UK resident sportsmen who appear at events in Britain. Big events like the London Olympics and the World Cup England is bidding [...]
By Zoe Keown SEASONAL Affective Disorder not only affects the human race, it also affects our birds, as new figures suggest that some of Scotland’s favourite species’ are falling prey to the country’s adverse weather conditions. A new survey conducted by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) has revealed that the number of curlews has [...]
By Christine Lavelle THIS year’s Edinburgh Lectures promises to include a number of well-known speakers, who are set to discuss the theme of ‘Talking Cities’. Inspired by the recent ‘tipping’ of the world’s population from a predominantly rural to an urban society, the programme kicks off in October and will run until March next year. [...]
By Cara Sulieman A PET raccoon is hoping to be reunited with his owners after being found cowering behind a garden shed. Bandit was found in the back garden of a home in Alloa on Tuesday night and the Scottish SPCA went to pick him up. The charity are now hoping to reunite him with [...]
By Cara Sulieman RESIDENTS desperate to recreate the Good Life are having to wait almost a decade to get their hands on an allotment. But now one Scots council are hoping to cut their waiting lists by creating up to 1,000 new plots. The City of Edinburgh Council already have 1,233 plots over 21 sites [...]
By Martin Graham A WOMAN had to be cut free by rescuers yesterday after she was trapped in her car following a crash with a van Emergency services staff had to cut the roof off the car in order to safely remove the 45-year-old so her injuries could be treated. The woman was trapped for [...]
By Martin Graham A BEAUTY spot immortalised in Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novel ‘Kidnapped’ is the subject of a furious row between Edinburgh Zoo and a local conservation group. The area on Corstorphine Hill is known as the Rest and Be Thankful was featured in the climactic final passages of the novel when the two [...]
By Martin Graham A MAN is in a critical condition after being hit by a John Lewis van on Thursday evening. The accident happened at around 7pm on Nethertown Broad Street in Dunfermline. The lorry swerved to avoid a collision with a silver car and mounted the pavement, pinning the 55-year-old to a wall. The [...]